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The Associated Press
Roseanne Barr chats with Sean Hannity, host of Fox News talk show, at a recording of her show Thursday in New York
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Roseanne Barr's first TV interview was canceled for a racist tweet, the actress apologized for her message "poorly written" and insisted that she was not fanatical.
During his one-hour interview on Sean Hannity's Fox News Channel on Thursday, Barr lamented the damage done. to her by her tweet about Valerie Jarrett, a former adviser to President Barack Obama.
"It cost me everything," Barr said. "I wish I made it better."
Hannity has repeatedly urged Barr to apologize to Jarrett on the air. The comedian finally did, saying that she was sorry for the poorly drafted tweet. She said that she would say to Jarrett, "I'm sorry you felt hurt and hurt, I never thought about that, I never wanted to hurt anyone." …
She reiterated that she claimed that she did not know that Jarrett was black when she compared Jarrett to a cross between the Muslim Brotherhood and an actor from the "Planet of the Apes".
Barr repeatedly stated on Thursday that his tweet was meant to respond to US and Middle East politics and had no racial overtones. she was stunned by the negative reaction to the tweet, which, according to Hannity, was almost universal.
"I am a creative genius, and it's not a good feeling for an artist to be treated like this. "
This was the second time Barr had tackled the controversy on Thursday. The actress also sat for an interview with her longtime friend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, in a New York comedy club and pointed out that the tweet was political and not racist. She called it "very clumsily built."
"I'm sorry that someone thought it was a racist and not a political tweet because it was, in fact, a political tweet and not a racist tweet. Whatever it is, " she told Boteach. "And, you know, I can talk about it until I'm pale in the face and they will not accept that, but I accept that."
Despite her apology at times, Barr also told the Fox interview that she felt like she had apologized enough for her actions.
"I feel like I apologized and explained and asked for forgiveness and made the reward," she said at the beginning of the interview. At another point, just before addressing Jarrett directly, Barr said, "I've already said I'm sorry for two months."
Barr, supporter of President Donald Trump, briefly invited him to the conversation. 19659004] "I am not a racist and people who voted for Trump, they are not racist either, and Trump is not a racist, sorry, we just have a different opinion," she said.
She said that she could have fought ABC on her shot, but that she was moving away from the reboot shot because she did not want someone to lose her job. She said that her contract was supposed to allow her to correct the inaccuracies she had made within 24 hours, but she did not have the opportunity.
The new version of "Roseanne" was an instant hit for ABC, owned by Walt Disney Co., and was counted to lead the fortunes of the network next season.
His first episode last March was seen by more than 25 million people with the viewing delay counted in, numbers that are increasingly rare in the network
ABC has announced that it will produce a Fallout of "Roseanne" Called "The Conners" which includes John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf and Sara Gilbert.
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